Ash and garbage, dustless, and odorless barrel.



R. W. VAIL.

ASH AND vGARBAGE, DUSTLESS, AND ODORLESS BARREL. lAPPUCAUON man 1513.12, 1915.

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R. W. VAIL.

ASH AND GARBAGE, DUSTLESS, AND ODOHLESS BARREL.

APPLICATION HLED FEB, l2, 1915.

1,216,022.. l Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

@How @1A State of New York,

paraiso sraras recteur l ROBERT W. `VAI., '10F VN'EWKYOvRK, N. Y., .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HARTRIDGE, OF YORK, Y. I

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. VAIL, va citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and have invented a new. and

useful Ash and Garbage, Dustless, and

Odorless Barrel, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the creation of more Sanitary conditions in devices for holding ashes and garbage previous to its collection. It is further my object to provide a novel barrel supplied with a novel, practical and durable cover, arranged to keep dust and odors from' escaping from the barrel and germ-carrying flies; and it is my purpose to provide a barrel arranged for the sanitary dumping thereof into the ash cart ,which I lin my co-p'ending application, Serial No. 7,910. It is further my object to provide a barrel arranged sojthat it can be speedily rolled from the house to the curb, and to provide a cover suppliedwith means for-attaching disinfecting apparatus.

. jects of myinvention will appear hereinafter. I attain the objects of my invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure' 1 is a side elevation of the barrel, with the cover on; Fig. 2 is a top plan, with the coveron; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail of the barrel applied to the cart, with cover in closed position; Fig. 5 is aL detail similar to Fig. 4 but with the cover in open position; and -F ig. G is a detail of member 172.

4Like. numerals designate like parts through the views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I rovide a barrel body 134, preferably ofcy indrical form, having a bottom 149 and a cover 140. The barrel -body is reinforced by vertical supports or braces 1,35 having outturned portions 137-, as shown in Fig. 3. Bolted to portions 137 is a reinforcing bottom ring 136 having a beveled portion 153, to facilitate the rolling of the barrel on the ground. The barrel is further provided with an internal brace member 182, which extends down opposite sides and across the bottom, as illustrated in Fig. 3. It lrelieves the strain incident to the application of the Specification of Letters Patent.

, ing ring 136 by to 'prevent the entrance ofhave devised and which is set forth Other obture 170 when not in use is closed by a TO CLIFFORD W.

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Application filed February 12, 1915. Serial N o. 7,911.

barrel to the cart'during the emptying operation. It is positioned in substantial alinement with members 181 and 108.- The bottom 149 ofthe barrel is reinforced beneath by a brace member'l'having downturned ends 151 byv which it is secured to reinforcbolts 152.

My barrel is provided with opposite vertical handles 138, mounted on braces 135, and opposite horizontal handles 147 attached to revoluble ring 143, as shown in Fig. 1. Ring 143 is mounted on an inner rigid ring 144 which is attached to the barrel. Ring 144l isprovided with av groove 145 in its outer face to receive the semispherical ends of pins. 146 which are mounted in revoluble ring 143 and retain it in place to allow it to revolve on ring 145. There are from four toeight pins 146.

Referring toFig. 3, I provide a top ring l109 having an annular horizontally projecting portion 148, and an upwardly extending annular portion 139 on the flat upper surface of which (which is parallel with the end of the barrel body upper edge,) rests cover-140. -Cover-holders'172 are provided, as shown, to engageover the top of cov'er 140, having springs 174 engaging aga-inst the cover. A removable pin 175 holds the cover over the barrel normally, by keeping itV from sliding out of engagement with springs 174 of the overlapping clips 172. The cover is further provided with a projection 160, adapted to engage in a corresponding recess in a cover operating member of the cart mechanism with which this barrel is used and which is set forth in detail in my copending application relating to the cart. Attached to member 109, are juitable-arms 180, 'as shown in Fig. 2which support a rod .181, which is adapted to enf' gage in a hook like holding member of the cart mechanism set forth in my copending application and illustrated therein-and also in Figs. 4 and 5 of this application. Opposite to member 181 is a suitable lug 108, as shown lin Figs. 2 and 1, by means of which the barrel is secured to the cart, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. j l

Cover 140 isA further provided with a `threaded aperture 170, to permit of connection .with any suitable disinfecting apparatus when the cover is on and the barrel approximately hermetically sealed. Aperscrew .plug 177, having a .suitable depression 178v for engagement with a screw driver. The

top of member 177 normally sets 'flush with the top surface of cover 140. The outeror peripheral edge or surface 177 of cover 140 engages against contact edge 176 .of cover holders' 17 2, as illustrated indetail in Fig. 6Ll The' angular construction of member 172,A asl illustrated prevents clogging'-when'tlie cover is moved in to position over the barrel, as the edge 176 operates to crush 'anyobstructing material which maylodge between the edge of the cover' and the cover holder. v I

In taking cover liOoff by hand, or previous to'attachment to cart, pin 175 is first removed, whichpermits cover 140 to be withdrawn. In placing thebarre'l in its position in connection'withA the cart, the barrel .is

lifted by'handles 147,'and rod 181 is engaged in the hook-like member 196 ofthe carty and swung upward and locked in operativeposition to the ,cart bythe engagementA of memrbers 181;and 108 ofthe bai-rel with fastening devicesfonjthe cart, as illustrated. Brace member '182 takes upthe strain incident dur- 'ing'the'varying operative position of a loadj "."edlbarrel'attached to the cart.

tion160 ofcover 140 is engaged by an ele- "vatable member of the cart mechanism, by

- t'o'permit of dumping of4 the contents' of the The projecwhich the cover is elevated into housing 154,

barrel '.into'the cart. The revoluble ring 147 '..perniits 4of easy 4operation .ofthe barrel in jjrollijng it to the cart, as the person rolling' .3.53.

the barrel grasps handles 147 which are held -afstationary while the barrel revolves, as lie i rolls it along, on the beveled portion 153 of -f 2. A'garbage barrel having an upper rein- .i

the bottom ring 136.

v What ll claim is:

.'1. A'garbagebarrel having a reinforcing brace-attached to its base and having a reinforcing ring between opposite portions of vwhich the brace member extends, the ring having a beveled portion, and a rolling support for the barrelv rotatably engaging the Voi'iterportion of thebarrel to permit of readily rolling the barrel.

forcing ring, a bottom reinforcing ring, oppositely arranged cart-engaging members for engaging thel barrel to the cart, longitudinal lmembers and eXtending from the upper to i the. bottom reinforcing ring, and a transverse brace member alined with the longitudinal brace members and secured tothe bottom of the barrel, for the purposes described. 3. The combination with a garbage receptacle having oppositely arranged means for supporting the receptacle in elevated posi- 'tio'n.,.of an internal brace member alined 4; A garbage bari'el having an upper 'reiii, vforcing ring, a bottom .reinforcing ring, the lbottomring having a beveled portion for ,contact with the ground when the barrel is being rolled, a plurality of oppositely arranged vertical braces extending between y and aflixed to the horizontal reinforcing l rings, oppositely arranged cart-engaging means at one endof the barrel for raising it to. elevated position, thevertical braces 4and the barrel raisingvmeans being .alinedand bottom bracing means aiixed to the bottom reinforcing ring at opposite portions thereof and alined with opposite vertical brace members, whereby to substantiallyreinforce the 'bracev members alined with the cart engaging barrel.

5. In combination'with la barrel, a reinforcing upper ring having an annular outwardly projectinglportion spaced below the upper .edge of the barrel, an annular portion in alinement with the upper edge ofthe barrel to provide a support for th'el cover, and A an annular downwardly projecting portion to`wliich a'plu'rality of brace members are secured, .oppositely arranged cart-engag'fingV means on the upper ring for raising the vbarrel from the g-round,an d oppositely ar- .ranged brace members yalined therewith to reinforce the barrel, for the purposes set forth.

ROBERT W. VAlL.

Witnesses:

CLIFFORD HARTRIDGE, A. la Porn. 

